Reflection About Misfit

Many times I had walked into the college campus with positive intent on enrolling to better my

Applying to colleges at the beginning of my senior year of high school seemed like a walk in the park. That was before I realized how much work it took to apply. With the common application and all the essays, I never thought I would get them all done. In the end, I applied to seven different schools including: Michigan State University, University of Michigan, Hillsdale College, Oakland University, Grand Valley State University, Kalamazoo College, and Hope College. Oddly enough, Hope College was the last school I applied too but the first school I got accepted too. I never thought I would attend a small, Christian school until I walked onto Hope`s campus.

I came into Norwalk Community College looking for a fresh start. I previously attended a 4 year university that became too much for me; attending school full-time, working 30 hours per week while trying to enjoy the college experience. At the cost of an “experience” I ended up failing most of my classes, putting my health at risk drowned by the tremendous amount of stress and just wanted to completely give up. Looking for a fresh start I decided to leave my University, and attend Norwalk Community College. Though this decision created self-doubt in the beginning, it soon came to my realization that it was the best decision I ever made. Immersed in an environment full of positive people, I was able to put my pieces back together.

When people hear the word “college”, many panic inside at the thought. But, when I hear the word “college” I think about Illinois State University. In early July, I attended an Open House at ISU for my very first official college visit. As I stepped onto campus, I couldn’t but help to feel like it was my future home. Many aspects of the tour made me draw nearer to choosing this college after finishing my High School career. Illinois State University seems to fit my personality very well, has an amazing program for what I want to study, and is an outstanding campus for my academic strengths and weaknesses.

When I first began applying for colleges in Maine, I only had three institutions in mind. The University of Maine at Orono, Thomas College, and the University of Maine at Farmington. The nervousness and stress that comes with graduating can be overwhelming because reality begins to creep in. I would soon be attending my last days at Medomak Valley High School, and I had no idea what I would be doing afterward. The first campus I visited was UMF I was immediately impressed even though the campus itself is relatively small, it was the community atmosphere that struck me the most. UMF was not

In Flannery O’Connor’s A Good Man is Hard to Find, she addresses how much GOD loves HIS children. O’Connor was a devout Roman Catholic, and her beliefs show through her writings. In a Good Man is Hard to Find, she illustrates her beliefs through a family trip ending in tragedy but also a humbling realization that everyone is equivalent. O’Connor illustrates that no matter how horrible a person is in his or her life, GOD will always love them.

Do you ever wonder why a villain is driven to commit heinous acts? Why the protagonist goes out of his way to be helpful? It is all because of one's beliefs. Beliefs like these are shaped by past experiences and outside influences. Since every person has a different life, their beliefs have the possibility of being very different. While all beliefs should be respected, some are considered morally wrong in society today, labeling that person evil. Evil can be interpreted in many ways and can be more serious depending on the act. All motives that are selfish or a detriment to another person, are considered wrongful in society today. On the other hand, someone who is morally good person is constantly helpful and selfless. People are not

In the early 1900s, television was first introduced into people’s everyday lives (Wild, L 2016). However, it was not until the 1940s that it really took off and became an iconic feature in most houses today (Wild, L 2016). It was during this periods of time that comedy was introduced to television with shows The Jack Benny Program (1950) and The Texaco Star Theatre (1950) (Taflinger, R 1996). Through this introduction to comedy the misfit character trope was born. The misfit is someone that finds that they don’t fit in to the environments that they find themselves. From when it started to where it is now, the role the misfit plays has adapted to fit into that day’s society. This article will be exploring this

The conflict is that the family wants to go to Florida and a murderer just escaped from prison in Florida. This is a dangerous situation because the Misfit could find them, and decide to kill them. They decide to go anyways even though the mother doesn't want to.

However, this shared sinfulness is something The Misfit’s pride would never allow him to admit, so he murders the Grandmother with three fatal gunshots.

O’Connor characterizes the “Misfit” as having a troubled, yet wide-ranging past; one that has undoubtedly influenced him to become the atheistic man that he is today. As the “Misfit” begins to interact with the family, it becomes apparent to the reader that O’Connor’s “antagonist” is less the bad, immoral man, and more the damaged, lost, and faithless man. He mentions immediately that “children… make [him] nervous”, which is a hint that arguably the most innocent of his future victims, the children, present the greatest danger to his moral conscience. He seems scattered, fidgety, nervous and even damaged, almost to the point of regret. Sarcastically, he speaks of his family, saying that they are the “finest people in the world”, when in reality the reader learns that the man’s father was a career criminal, never caught by the

especially those who may be very different from herself.”. (Kirk 1). Before, she was afraid of The Misfit- as she should be-and it was not until her epiphany that her view of The Misfit truly changed. (Kirk 1). Because the grandmother saw The Misfit, a person who could be interpreted as the anti-Christ, as someone she could sympathize with, she supposedly received grace. (Bethea 2). However, it was only under life threatening circumstances and she was unable to understand the little black boy in the end. Moreover, not only was the grandmother supposedly redeemed despite remaining superficial, but her family was sacrificed as well. The other family members were not necessarily exemplary human beings, but they did not deserve being killed for

The sadness, anger, and hurt that The Misfit reveals in the story is what moves the grandmother to have sympathy for him. The intensity of his resentment at the world is also why he kills her, even though she's just shown him kindness. If we take seriously what he says at the end of the story, though, that single act of kindness may have struck

I thought that if I choose a setting where all my colleagues were attending, I could replicate and emulate past experiences into my future. It was my mother who had to encourage me to apply outside my state. Brown University, and Howard University were the two choices I gave myself, mainly because I felt these universities would not accept me due to their acceptance rates. As fate has it way, both in state colleges declined my application, while Brown University had me waitlisted and Howard university had accepted me. Howard University was in no way, shape or form cheap, comfortable, or convenient. Sometimes in life you have to think beyond your own disappointment, because life does not favor any

Both Richard Donner’s 1985 adventure comedy The Goonies written by Steven Spielberg, and Rob Reiner’s 1986 coming-of-age drama Stand By Me based on Stephen King’s novella The Body, portray several characters to be misfits in society. The Goonies follows the story of a group of misfits on a treasure hunt to save their home from foreclosure and Stand By Me is a writer’s recount of the death of a friend and a boyhood journey to find the missing body of Ray Bowers. Narrative perspective, sound, characterisation, camera angles, and symbolism, contribute to various themes which Donner and Reiner exploit to evoke supportive emotion for misfits.